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Kevin Francis O’Byrne was born in Galway on December 2, 1934, the second son of Seán and Mary O’Byrne. He had an older brother, Brendan and a younger sister, Máire. He received his education at St Patrick’s National School and St Joseph’s College (The Bish). He was a very good student and a brilliant all-round sportsman. He featured strongly in the Patrician Brothers’ Hurling Leagues and in the school’s athletics events. Rugby was his favourite game; he played scrum half for his school, for his various clubs and twice for Connacht, both times against Ulster. He was also a fine soccer player, and with Johnny Dooley starred in the match when UCG won their first ever Collingwood Cup by beating UCD by three goals to two in the final, which was played at the Grammar School grounds in 1955.

Galway businesswoman Joanne Sweeney has been named Established Businesswoman of the Year at the 2026 Network Ireland Businesswoman of the Year Awards.

A new Irish health membership launches this week offering families same day access to a GP, one secure place for every family member’s health records, and a digital companion that organises the lot, for a monthly fee lower than the cost of a single GP visit.

Property insights with Johnny Gannon

Property insights with Johnny Gannon Fair Deal Property

Anne Murray, Festival Manager of the Galway Science and Technology Festival (GSTF) will represent Galway at the Network Ireland National Businesswoman of the Year Awards in September, having won the STEM Professional category at the Network Ireland Galway Businesswoman of the Year Awards 2026. The award recognises Anne’s career, leadership and contribution to STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), during her career with IDA Ireland, Galway Science & Technology Festival and Sláinte Wellness.

CREW is accepting expressions of interest for the upcoming Creative Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development (CEED) incubation programme developed in partnership with ATU’s School of Design and Creative Arts, Galway City (Wellpark Rd) campus and supported by LEO Galway.

Property insights with Johnny Gannon, Fair Deal Property

Give the Government its due: real strides have been made on the two problems that dogged housing delivery for a decade. Infrastructure investment is finally flowing and the rezoning of land is at last being tackled seriously. Over the next twelve months I expect an ample supply of zoned, serviced land to come on stream. That is a big win. But solving land only exposes the next bottleneck, and it is a serious one: money.

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